Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper examines cyberterrorism and its potential to create a postmodern state of chaos. In general, chaos refers to a state of extreme confusion and disorder. This analysis breaks new ground in that it describes chaos theory as a foundation for better understanding cyberterrorism and explains how chaos theory and game theory are tightly coupled. The author also contrasts modern, conventional terrorism with postmodern, innovative cyberterrorism. The main idea is that the postmodern state of chaos caused by cyberterrorist attacks differs dramatically from the destruction caused by conventional terrorist acts. This comparison serves as the basis for making the point that cyberterrorism is not three-dimensional, it is not analog (but it is digital), and it exposes actors of cyberspace to new concepts of time and space. Another important argument is that the postmodern state of chaos implies the danger of cascading failures brought forth by cyberterrorists. A cascading failure is a succession of f...
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